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On Monday, community members picketed in front of San Francisco Immigration Court during the asylum trial of Venezuelan political refugees Annelise Pineda and her daughter Oriana Benavides, a Berkeley High School student.

By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, activist Yvette Felarca has filed a petition to the California State Supreme Court to reverse the order that she must pay over $11,000 in legal fees to former president of the Berkeley College Republicans, or BCR, Troy Worden.

Yvette Felarca, an organizer from the activist group By Any Means Necessary, was represented in an oral argument Tuesday as a part of her appeal of a court decision to award former UC Berkeley student and Berkeley College Republicans president Troy Worden thousands in legal fees. 

Berkeley teacher Yvette Felarca and other supporters of By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, attended a Jan. 22 hearing in Sacramento, affirming that they have to stand trial in an assault case connected to a neo-Nazi rally and protest in 2016.

The five men were put on trial for misdemeanor charges after allegedly assaulting Donald Trump supporter Daniel Quillinan during the “March 4 Trump” rally in 2017.

Picketers converged outside a Sacramento courthouse Friday morning in support of activist and Berkeley Unified School District teacher Yvette Felarca, who has filed to drop charges against her in connection with a violent rally that took place almost two years ago.

An Alameda County Superior Court Commissioner ordered Yvette Felarca, a Berkeley middle school teacher and activist, to pay former Berkeley College Republicans, or BCR, president Troy Worden $11,100 in legal fees on Thursday.

The restraining order filed by By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, activist Yvette Felarca against Berkeley College Republicans President Troy Worden was officially dismissed Thursday.

Last week a California court lifted the temporary restraining order placed on the Berkeley College Republicans president, Troy Worden, for alleged stalking and intimidation of Yvette Felarca, an organizer for By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN.

The arraignment hearing of By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, activist Yvette Felarca was postponed Wednesday to Nov. 8. Felarca is facing a felony charge of assault and two misdemeanor charges of rioting and inciting to riot.